The Star chords by Kathy Mattea

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C G7 C F
Dm7 C F Gsus G

Verse 1:
       C    G  C
Just another homeless family
     G7   C   Dm7 G C
Hoping for a stranger's charity
C      C    F     G    Em7
Just one night in one safe place to stay
Am        Dm7  G  C
Underneath a star so far away

Verse 2:
  F         C    G    C
She carried everything they had and more
       G7     C    Dm G  C
The little One the world was waiting for
  Em7         F     G    Em7
And somewhere in the night her child was born
Am       Dm7    G    F  C
Into every heart so tired and torn

Chorus:
   C    F
And the light shining from that star
   C     G    C
Will show you who you are
   C    F
And His light shining with its might
   C                 G
Will lead you through your darkest night

Verse 3:
   F          C    G     C
They couldn't find a room for Him back then
      Dm7   C    Dm7  G   C
But he found a place in the hearts of men
  Em7          F     G    Em7
The hope that all the world would come to know
Am7         Dm7   G  C
Born beneath that star so long ago

Instrumental:
F C G C
C G C C
F G Em7 Am
Dm7 G7 F C

Chorus:
   C    F
And the light shining from that star
   C     G    C
Will show you who you are
   C    F
And His light shining with its might
   C                 G
Will lead you through your darkest night

Verse 4:
       C    G  C
Just another homeless family
     G7   C   Dm7 G C
Hoping for a stranger's charity
C      C    F     G    Em7
Just one night in one safe place to stay
Am        Dm7  G  C
Underneath a star so far away

Outro:
C G7 C F
Dm7 C F Gsus G C